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Author: HuntingtonV
Surnames: Surran Haney Irwin
Classification: biography
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John W. Surran, proprietor of the Warren Weekly News, is a native of Carroll County, Ind.,
where he was born February 19, 1849. John and Elizabeth (Haney) Surran, were his parents.
The former was a prominent minister in the United Brethren Church, and assisted in
organizing the St. Joseph Conference, and is the only member now living who was present at
the time of the organization of the conference. He now resides in Marion County,
Michigan, where he has lived since 1856. John was seven years of age when his parents
removed to Michigan, and spent his boyhood and youth in that State. He was a close
student and acquired a good education in the common schools of Michigan. In 1868, he
entered the Western College of Iowa, and completed the scientific course, graduating from
that institution in 1873. He then returned to Michigan and was engaged for a while in
teaching. In the fall of 1874, he resolved to take a law course in the University of
Michigan, and remained in that!
college until the spring of 1875, when he was selected as a teacher in the "Roanoke
Seminary" of Roanoke, this county. After the close of this term of school he entered
the law office of Sayler & Kenner, of Huntington, and remained with this firm until
April, 1877, during the last year of which time he served as local editor on the
Huntington Democrat. In the fall of 1877, he began to read law under Judge Everett, of
Elkhart, Ind., where he remained until August of 1878. While in Elkhart, he and Edward
Curtis established Elkhart Daily News, but soon disposed of his interest. On September
16, 1878, he came to Warren and established the Warren Weekly News, a neat four page seven
column folio independent paper. The first issue was December 5, 1878. The News has been
under his management ever since, and has proven a successful enterprise. The circulation
is increasing rapidly and compares favorably with any weekly paper published in Huntington
County. On December 19, 1!
881, the News office was destroyed by fire, causing what might be term
ed a total loss, but in six weeks the subscribers were again receiving the News, which has
been a welcome visitor every week since. The office is provided with an improved Taylor
power press, and a Peerless job press, and is prepared to do any kind of job work
furnished in any well regulated office. On September 4, 1886, Mr. Surran married Miss
Sarah A. Irwin, a native of this County. He is a member of the I.O.O.F. order and a
self-made man.
History of Huntington County, Indiana. (Brant & Fuller: Chicago, IL) 1887.
Biographical Sketches of Salamonie Township, p. 837/8.
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